Flash Flood, Baldwin
- When
- August 30, 6:30 PM CST to 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Baldwin County, Stapleton
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 30.661, -87.750 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Alabama, August 30, 1996
Rains of 3 to 4 inches in the Stapleton area caused Alabama 59 to be closed for an hour or so until water had drained from the road. The storm that caused the rains had dumped up to eight inches of rain over parts of Clarke, Monroe and Wilcox counties earlier in the day.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS MOB wrote it up.
Rains of 3 to 4 inches in the Stapleton area caused Alabama 59 to be closed for an hour or so until water had drained from the road. The storm that caused the rains had dumped up to eight inches of rain over parts of Clarke, Monroe and Wilcox counties earlier in the day.
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:32 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Flash Flood in Alabama, August 30, 1996
- Flash Flood in Alabama, August 30, 1996
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- Flash Flood in Texas, August 30, 1996
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More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5566258.